Animal Model - Taxonomic Human Equivalence

Taxonomic Human Equivalence

Whereas a mouse or dog may serve as a mammalian animal model, a baboon or macaque may serve as a less inclusive primate animal model. An animal model for vertebrates is the zebrafish.

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